Networked Swarm

Posted on May 20, 2013

For the senior level design course, ME102b, I worked with Robert Luan, Stephen Chen, Jared Porter, and Ben Yee to design and fabricate a fleet of robots that, through computer vision, would arrange itself to form certain formations. Visual feedback information (orientation and position) is provided via APRIL tags and a potential function is used to avoid agent to agent collision.

Our Cute Robot Platform made from hobbyist electronics, APRIL tag not pictured.

On Demo Day, our project was voted the second best and was well received by many visitors.
To get a glimpse of what it was like, check out this short montage by Ben Yee that captured the day’s events.